Alonzo Mourning is available to the Nets through waivers. Any interest?

“No thank you,” team president Rod Thorn said firmly.

Mourning, traded by the Nets to Toronto in the Vince Carter deal, finally reached a buyout agreement with the Raptors, which sources pegged at between $9 and $10 million. Mourning never reported to the Raptors and now is expected to sign a minimum deal to play with Miami.

“It appears it’s going to end up where he wanted it to end up,” said Thorn, who had balked at Mourning’s request for a $14 million buyout. “At the end of the day it worked out for him.”

Mourning, speaking on his former coach John Thompson’s radio show, claimed, “I can still play this game at a high level, I’ve proven that.”

Raptor GM Rob Babcock said in a statement that doctors deemed Mourning, who underwent a kidney transplant in December, 2002, would never play in Toronto and, “We felt it was in the best interests of the Raptors to reach a financial settlement which would provide us additional financial flexibility.”

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Thorn had nothing but warm regards for two of the game’s greats, Karl Malone and Reggie Miller, who are retiring. Malone, the second-greatest scorer ever, will make it official tomorrow, while Miller is retiring at season’s end.

“Karl is one of the greatest – if not the greatest – power forwards to ever play the game.,” Thorn said. “Reggie, what a great player he’s been, what a clutch performer.”

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said the Mailman, a target of the Spurs, made a good move.

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Thorn admitted he can’t see the Nets picking up another big man by the trading deadline. “I just don’t think so, the prices are prohibitive, and I’m not talking about contracts,” he said . . . The word now is that Toronto is reluctant to part with Donyell Marshall . . . Figure the Nets will express interest in Joe Smith of Minnesota, Melvin Ely of Charlotte, Chris Wilcox of the Clippers and Othella Harrington of Chicago . . . Ron Mercer did not have X-rays after all on his left knee and reported it felt “fine,” and that “the last couple days off really helped.”